Look up: Brittle

1. brittle
   (jargon) Said of software that is functional but easily broken by changes in operating environment or configuration, or by any minor tweak to the software itself. Also, any system that responds inappropriately and disastrously to abnormal but expected external stimuli; e.g. a file system that is us...
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2. brittle
   easily broken 
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3. brittle
   adjective applied to minerals and rocks that rupture easily.
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4. brittle
   [adj] - lacking warmth and generosity of spirit 2. [adj] - (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured 3. [adj] - having little elasticity 4. [n] - caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets
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5. Brittle
   Relates to tenacity. Most minerals are brittle, and will crumble when hit, as in iron pyrites.
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6. Brittle
   Brit'tle adjective [ Middle English britel , brutel , Anglo-Saxon bryttian to dispense, from breótan to break; akin to Icelandic brytja , Swedish bryta , Danish bryde . Confer Brickle .] Easily...
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7. brittle
   brickle adjective having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped; `brittle bones`; `glass is brittle`; ``brickle` and `brickly` are dialectal`
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8. brittle
   unannealed adjective (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured
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9. brittle
   adjective lacking warmth and generosity of spirit; `a brittle and calculating woman`
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10. brittle
    toffee noun caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets
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11. Brittle
    • (a.) Easily broken; apt to break; fragile; not tough or tenacious.
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12. Brittle
    (food) `Brittle` is a type of confection, consisting of flat broken pieces of hard sugar candy embedded with nuts such as pecans, almonds, or peanuts. A mixture of sugar and water is heated to the hard crack stage corresponding to a temperature of around 300 Â°F (approx. 150&nb...
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